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lauren_t
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So on Tuesday I went into college to develop my film with my new film slr (canon eos 300v), developed a roll of Delta 400 using FD10 at 1+9.
They have a sheet at college about how to develop b&w film in the darkroom and I followed the instructions and I have no idea why they came out under developed.
I developed for 11 minutes agitate continuously for the first 30 sec and then invert every 30 seconds, stop bath for 30sec continuous agitation and then fixer for 4 min which i think was 2 invertions every 30sec. This is what I think it says on the sheet but I don't have it on me right now. Stop and fixer are Ilford I think.
I dont think the exposure was off as I got the needle in the middle of the meter for every shot.
The negs aren't too flat or grey but I'm printing at Grade 5 and its not that brilliant. Its just annoying that I've followed their instructions before with Legacy Pro 400 and its been much better (or perhaps its a sign I need to go to Borough Market again ) bit maybe it was under agitation?
I've only really started shooting film and this is the first hurdle I've run into so I would really appreciate some help! I did ask one of the techies to help me do this but he went off somewhere and left me.
They have a sheet at college about how to develop b&w film in the darkroom and I followed the instructions and I have no idea why they came out under developed.
I developed for 11 minutes agitate continuously for the first 30 sec and then invert every 30 seconds, stop bath for 30sec continuous agitation and then fixer for 4 min which i think was 2 invertions every 30sec. This is what I think it says on the sheet but I don't have it on me right now. Stop and fixer are Ilford I think.
I dont think the exposure was off as I got the needle in the middle of the meter for every shot.
The negs aren't too flat or grey but I'm printing at Grade 5 and its not that brilliant. Its just annoying that I've followed their instructions before with Legacy Pro 400 and its been much better (or perhaps its a sign I need to go to Borough Market again ) bit maybe it was under agitation?
I've only really started shooting film and this is the first hurdle I've run into so I would really appreciate some help! I did ask one of the techies to help me do this but he went off somewhere and left me.